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CASH REGISTER.

No. 507,256. Patented Oct. 24, 1893..

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No. 507,256. Patented Oct. 24,, 1893.;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY AUGUST BIERLEY, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE LEADERCASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,256, dated October24, 1893.

Application filed July 18. 1892- serial No. 440.367 I (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, HENRY AUGUST BIER- LEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates-of America, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette andState of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCash-Registers, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

[0 'The object of my invention is to provide a cash-register andindicator wherein a series of keys are employed each representing aparticular number or value so combined and arranged with respect toregistering mechanism, a visual signal mechanism,a mechanism fordisplaying cash received and for depositing all cash received afterdisplaying the same in cash receptacles which may be securely closedagainst unauthorized persons, an alarm mechanism and mechanism for therelease of the change-drawer latch, that when any one of the keys isactuated to its extreme limit it will approximately simultaneouslyelevate and detain elevated a tablet bearing figures indicating theassigned value of the key actuated, release cash previously depositedupon the cash display plates, operate the registering mechanism, soundthe alarm and release the latch holding the change-drawer closed.

0 My invention consists in the novel constructions, combinations andarrangements of mechanism for effecting my object which will be foundfully described and pointed out in the specification and claims.

3 5 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of my device. Fig. 1is a detail of the end of lever 37. Fig. 2 is afront view thereof. Fig.3 is a detail of the shield normally closing and covering the opening inthe outer side casing for the key used in setting the registeringwheels. Fig. 4 is a detail of the settingkey. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe registering wheels and their attached mechanism. Fig. 6 is a detailof the mechanism forwardly actu- 5 ating the visual tablet detent. Fig.7is adetail of the rear of my device partly shown, the outer casingremoved, and Figs. 8 and 9 are details of the registering wheels andtheir actuating pawls partly broken away. Fig. 10

5c is a detail of the torsion spring.

Similar characters of reference indicate the same parts throughout theseveral views.

The outer case of my device which maybe of wood, or partly of wood andpartly of metal or other suitable material consists of the bottom A,back B, front of rectangular part of case 0, sides D, ,D, (Figs. 1 and2.) Above the part 0 the front outer casing is irregular. Within theouter case and removably attached thereto is the inner case which ispreferably of metal and consists of the base plate E, side plates F, F,and cross-brace G, (Figs. 1 and 5.)

The key-rack consisting of the plates H and H, (Figs. 1 and 5) suit-ablyattached to the base-plate E and side plates F F of the inner case, havethe key openings 13 and 13 to vertically support the keys 14. To affordopportunity for the extreme downward movement of the keys the openings13" are provided in the base-plate E. The extension of the keys 14.below rack-plate H and rackplate H may be dispensed with if desired. Thekeys 14 have the knobs 15 attached to their tops upon which the assignedvalues of the keys are denoted by suitable numerals.

Projecting forwardly through the openings 16 in the keys 14. to formpivotal attachment therewith, are the front ends of lovers 17 soarranged as to play loosely in the openings in the keys prepared fortheir reception. Levers 17 are pivotally supported upon cylindrical rod18 suitably attached to side plates F F of the inner casing. The innerends of levers 17 are pivoted to pawl 54. which are connected by thespiral return springs 20 to bar 19 extending between and secured at itsends to sides F F of the inner casing one end of the spiral springsbeing attached to the under side of the pawls the opposing end beingattached to the bar 19. The spiral re- 0 turn springs operate to returnthe keys to normal position on being released after being actuated andalso to hold the attached pawls in engagement with the registeringwheels. 5

Piyoted upon the cylindrical rod 18in pairs with levers 17 are thehorizontal arms 21 having forwardlyproj ecting catches 22 which ongageat their upper edges the stops 23 upon the levers 17 so that the innerend of each 10c horizontal arm 21 is prevented by the stop 23 upon eachlever 17 from normally falling below the point indicated in positivelines in the drawings, Fig. 1, or below the plane of the upper edge oflever 17. The inner ends of arms 21 loosely engage with openings in thelower ends of visual tablet rods 24 to elevate the tablet rods in guides76 76'. The visual tablet rods carry indicating tablets 25 havingcharacters corresponding with the designated values of the connectingkeys, in the manner usual in this class of cash-registers. The visualtablet detent consists of the horizontal plate 26 which is mounted uponthe vertical plate 26, (Figs. 1 and 6.) The supporting plate 26 isrigidly attached to rock shaft 27 journaled in the sides of the innercasings F F; the vertical supporting plate 26' and its attachedmechanism is held normally rearward from a vertical position by thetorsion spring 28 surrounding one end of the rockshaft 27, the springbeing attached at one end to the side plate F and at the opposing end tothe vertical plate 26'. Pivotally attached at their upper ends to thelevers 17 forward from the pivotal point of the levers upon rod 18, arethe vertical depending arms 29 passing downward through openings 30prepared for their reception in cross-brace G.

Upon the vertical depending arms 29 are cams 31, (Fig. 6) which operatein notches 32 in the rearward part of plate 26 in engagement with thedetent plate to actuate it forwardly upon depressing any key, thevertically depending arms 29 playing in slots 33 in plate 26. For thepurpose of holding the depending vertical arms 29 in the same relativerearward position I supply the presser 34 pivoted in the sides F oftheinner case which is held at its upper edge against the front edges ofthe depending vertical arms by the spiral spring 35 Fig. 5. The positivereturn of the visual tablet rods to normal position upon their releasefrom the detent plate 26 is secured by the action of the spiral springs36 attached to horizontal arms 21 at their upper ends, their opposingends being attached to bar 19. The operation of this part of mymechanism is as follows: Upon depressing any key its attached lever 17and depending vertical arm 29 will be carried down, the cam upon thevertically depending arm forwardly actuating detent plate 26 until thedownwardly moving cam passes the detent plate and releases it when fromthe action of torsion spring 28 the detent plate 26 will be rearwardlyreturned the rear edge of the detent plate engaging with the outer endof catch 22, the detent passing over the catch to support it holding theouter end of arm 21 depressed and its inner end elevated, thussupporting in its elevation corresponding visual tablet 25. Uponactuating any other key the horizontal detent plate 26 will be againforwardly actuated operating to release the visual tablet last elevated,the tablet then in process of elevation by actuating its connected keybeing in its turn held aloft, which operation is repeated as often askeys are operated. If two ormore keys are operated simultaneously theirconnected tablets will be elevated and so held, thus displaying anamount aggregating more than is indicated upon any one tablet.

Attached to the vertical plate 26 at its end opposed to that having theattached torsion spring 28, is the long cash diplay plate lever 37, atthe inner end whereof is pivoted the long cash display plate rod 38 theupper end of which is pivoted to the inner end of short display platelever 39 the outer end of the short display plate lever 39 being rigidlyattached to cash display plate 40 which is pivoted to the sides D D ofthe outer case and is held to engage at its lower edge, when normallyclosed, with the upper edge of the septum 11; openings 37' are providedat the inner end of the long cash display plat-e lever 37 for thepurpose of adjusting the pivotal point between the lever 37 and rod 38;the cash display plate 40 is attached to the sides of the outer case andis held normally in engagement atits lower edge with the top of septum41 similarly to cash display plate 40 and is actuated with cash displayplate 40 by means of the short connecting rod 38 and the short attacheddis-.

play plate lever 39'. Immediatelyin front of cash display plates 40 and40 are the glazed openings 42 42' for the inspection of money orsubstances lodged upon the cash display plates. The glasses 4.2 42 andfront crossbraces 77 77 which together form the front outer casing ofthis part of my register, constitute the outer walls of angular chambers45 45' the display plates when closed forming the inner walls thereof,into which all cash received for sales is intended to be deposited, thepaper money through opening 44 and coin through openings 43 in the outercase. The cash receptacle K may be locked against access by unauthorizedpersons.

The cash receptacle has the partition 46 dividing the receptacle intocoin-box l7 and paper money box, 48. The septum 41, secured to the outerside casings, leads to the coin-box 4:7 and the septum41'similarlysecured,leads to the paper money box 48. The operation ofthis part of my device is as follows: Upon forwardly actuating thevertical plate 26 by depressing any key as heretofore described, theattached long cash display plate lever 37 will be elevated at its innerend carrying with it the long cash display plate rod 38 and the outerend of the short display plate lever 39 which movement will cause cashdisplay plate 10 to be disengaged at its lower edge from the top ofseptum 41 thus releasing the coin or other material there held whichwill be deposited by gravity in the coin-box 17. By its describedconnections display plate l0 will be similarly actuated with a likeresult as to its withheld paper money or other material,

llllllllllllll cated by the setting key 73.

except that the septum 41' will lead the withheld substance to papermoney box 48.

The registering portion of my device with its actuating mechanismconsists of cog-wheel 49 and ratchet-wheel 50 loosely mounted in pairsupon shaft 51. For convenience in operation the cog-wheel 49 and ratchetwheel 50 are respectively supplied with thirty cogs and ratchets; thisnumber may be varied at pleasure but if varied a proportionatelydifferent result will be attained from that hereinafter described.

Attached to each of the registering'wheels 49 and 50 are the flanges 5252'. The flange 52 has upon its face multiples of the expressed value ofits actuating key; thus if five cents be the expressed value of theactuating key the flange 52 will bear opposite each cog in their orderrespectively the numbers 5, 10, 15 and so on up to 145, thelast cog orthirtieth, representing 150 or 0 (zero) the completed revolution ofregistering-wheel 49 being recorded by actuating ratchet wheel 50 thespace of one of its ratchets by the spur 53 on pawl 54, the thirtiethcog 55 on registering wheel 49 being sunken so as to bring spur 53 incontact with the ratchets on ratchet wheel 50 when pawl 54 engages withthe sunken cog 55 thus actuating the ratchet wheel 50 the space of oneof its ratchets on each revolution of cog-wheel 49 and indicating ateach impulse thirty times the value of the actuating key. The figurestherefore upon flange 52 will be 150, 300, 450 and so on up to 4,350 inprogressive order, the naught or zero upon this flange representing ifpassed 4,500. This explanation of one pair of registering wheels willserve to illustrate all. The pawls 54 operate in guide slots 57 incross-brace 58 suitably attached to the sides F of theinner case.

For the purpose of setting theregistering wheels I provide the springlatch 56 located in the registering wheels which catch shaft 51 ingroove 51', when the shaft is rotated in the direction of theregistering wheels when actuated by the pawls. The shaft 51 is arrangedto be turned in the direction indi- The spring latches are located inthe registering wheels under the zero mark. It is plain that as thewheels are caught in turning the shaft they will all be brought in lineupon the zero mark.

For the purpose of preventing any but anthorized persons from actuatingthe registering wheels to set them or change them when set, I supply theshield 71 attached to hinged front 72. When the hinged front 72 isnormally closed the shield covers the end of shaft 51 prepared for thereception of the settingkey 73, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3, andprevents the insertion of the setting key, Fig. 4. To operate the shaft51 to set the registering wheels the hinged front 72 must therefore beraised as indicated in positive lines in Fig. 3. It is plain that thehinged front may be locked against unauthorized persons. The registeringwheels may be inspected at any time by raising the hinged front 72,through openings in the sheath 75 which rest upon and is at tached tocross-brace 58 and covers the reg istering wheels, to protect them.

Except as to setting which has already been described, the operation ofmy registering mechanism is as follows: Upon depressing any key, orsimultaneously more than one key to represent the aggregate amount of asale, the corresponding lever 17 is actuated upwardly at its inner endcarrying with it pawl 54 moving the registering wheels in engagementwith pawl 54 and its spur 53 the space of one cog or ratchet. When it isdesirable to ascertain the number of times any keyhas been actuated, an

inspection of the registering wheels in pairs will disclose the same,wheel 50 showing the number of complete revolutions up to thirty, ofwheel 49 and the latter wheel showing how often it has been actuated topartly complete a revolution. The number of complete revolutions takenas many times as there are cogs actuated in wheel 49 plus the number ofcogs actuated in wheel 49 in partial revolution will yield the number ofcogs actuated which taken as many times as is indicated by the assignedvalue of the corresponding key will give atotal of the assignedvalueofthe combined times the key and correspondingregistering wheelshave been operated; or if the numbers be placed upon the registeringwheels as heretofore indicated the indicated number upon the two wheelswill give the total assigned values; thus, taking the five cent key asan example if there are indicated two full revolutions of cog-wheel 49,ratchet-wheel 50 will indicate 300; if cog-wheel 49 has been actuatedtwelve times in partial revolution the number 60 will be indicatedthereon; taken together the pair of registering-wheels will indicatesales to the amount of $3.60.

My alarm mechanism consists of the gong 59, shown in dotted lines inFig. 1 and the clapper 60 located upon the inner end of clapper rod 61,which is attached at its outer end to the vertical plate 26 and movestherewith. The clapperis raised from the gongpy the action of theheretofore described mechanism for actuating vertical plate 26' and whenthe plate is released the tension of the torsion spring 28 will causethe clapper to strike the gong and sound the alarm.

My mechanism for unlatching the change drawer 62 consists of theunlatching lever 63 attached at its outer end to vertical plate 26' andactuated thereby as heretofore explained; the latch lever 64 pivoted at65 having upon its inner end the latch 66 which engages with catch 67 inthe rearpart of the change drawer when the change drawer is closed. Byactuating vertical plate 26' as heretofore described the outer arm oflatch lever 64 is elevated by engaging with unlatching lever 63,depressing the inner arm thereof, thus releasing the ITO latch 64 fromcatch 67. Upon releasing the engagement of the latch 66 with catch 67the change drawer is pressed open by the resiliency of spiral springs 68which surrounds rod 69 prepared for its reception and against which therear downwardly projecting part of the change drawer through which rod69 passes, presses when the drawer is closed. The spiral spring 70located at the opposing end of rod 69 from spiral spring 68, serves as abuffer for the change drawer receiving the concussion of the downwardlyprojecting rear part of the change drawer when the drawer is forced openas heretofore described. Among the advantages of my cash register asherein described is that of rendering it possible for an authorizedperson to have a positive check, within wide limits, upon the personoperating the cash register. It will be readily understood that at theclose of business, or at the time of calling the operator of the cashregister to an account thatif the business has been irregularlyconducted and the cash register operated at each sale and receipt ofcash therefor the total amount of cash in the cash receptacle willbalance the amount of registered sales plus the disbursed change fromthe change drawer. The amount of disbursed change must be the differencebetween the amount of change in the change drawer at time of inspectionand the amount therein on commencing business. Thus let it be assumedthat the amount of sales registered have been $3.60 as heretofore setforth; that $6.00 appear in the cash receptacle; that at the beginningof business $4.00 were on depositin the change drawer. Now uponinspection there should be in the change drawer, undisbursed $1.60. Theauthorized inspector finding there 5:51.60 will deduct this sum from thechange ($4.00) deposited therein on commencing business leaving $2.40disbursed in change. He will add this sum to the amount of sales asdisclosed by the registering wheels, $3.60, producing the sum of $6.00,the amount found in the cash receptacle, showing regularity and accuracyin conducting the business. But a variation from this condition ofaffairs will disclose an irregularity.

Portions of my cash register have been heretofore described in UnitedStates patents granted to me bearing No. 462,615, dated Noveinber 3,1891, and No. 473,723, bearing date April 26, 1892.

Having thus described my invention I claim 1. In a cash register incombination a cash display-plate pivoted in the sides of the casinghaving its lower edge normally in engagement with the upper edge of aseptum, forming when closed the rear wall of the angular chamber, andthe front casing connected with the upper edge of the septum forming thefront wall of the angular chamber, substantially as described.

2. In a cash-register in combination a cash display-plate pivoted in thesides of the easing having its lower edge normally in engagement withthe upper edge of a septum forming when closed the rear wall of theangular chamber, the front casing connected with the upper edge of theseptum forming the front wall of the angular chamber and slots in thewall of the casing for the admission of coin and paper money at theupper part of the chamber, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cash register in combination a cash display plate pivoted in thesides of the easing having its lower edge normally in engagement withthe upper edge of a septum forming when closed the rear wall of theangular chamber, the front casing connected with the upper edge of theseptum forming the front wall of the angular chamber, slots in thecasing for the admission of coin or paper money to the chamber, a leverrigidly attached at its outer end to the display plate and connected atits inner end with mechanism to actuate the display plate to release thecash contained within the chamber, substantially as set forth.

4. In a cash register in combination a cash display plate pivoted in thesides of the casing having its lower edge normally in gagement with theupper edge of a septum forming when closed the rear wall of the angularchamber, the front casing connected with the upper edge of the septumforming the front wall of the angular chamber, a lever rigidly attachedat its outer end to the display plate and connected at its inner endwith mechanism to actuate the display plate to release the cashcontained within the chamber and a septum leading to a cash receptacle,substantially as set forth.

5. In a cash register in combination a cash display plate pivoted in thesides of the easing having its lower edge normally in engagement withthe upper edge of a septum forming when closed the rear wall of the angular chamber, the front casing connected with the upper edge of theseptum forming the front wall of the angular chamber, a lever rigidlyattached at its outer end to the display plate and connected at itsinner end with mechanism to actuate the display plate to release thecash contained within the chamher, a septum leading to a cash receptacleand a cash receptacle, substantially as set forth.

6. In a cash register in combination a cash display plate pivoted in thesides of the casing having its lower edge normally in engagement withthe upper edge of a septum forming when closed the rear wall of theangular chamber, the front casing connected with the upper edge of theseptum forming the front wall of an angular chamber, slots in the casingfor the admission of coin or paper money to the chamber, a leverattached at its outer end to the display plate, a vertical rod pivotallyattached at its upper end to the inner end of the display plate lever, ahorially connected at their outer ends with keys,

and at their inner ends fulcrumed upon a transverse rod secured in theside casings and the transverse rod supporting the inner ends ofthelevers, substantially as set forth.

7. In a cash register in combination a cash display plate pivoted in thesides of the easing, a lever attached at its outer end to the displayplate, a vertical rod pivotally attached at its upper end to the innerend of the display plate lever, a horizontal lever attached at its outerend to an oscillating vertical plate the inner end of the horizontallever and the lower end of the vertical rod being pivotally attached, arock shaft journaled in the side casings carrying the vertical plate, atorsion spring attached at one end to the vertical plate its opposingend being attached to the side casin g, a horizontal detent platemounted upon the vertical plate, depending arms carrying cams operatingin notches in the horizontal detent plate, levers supporting thedepending arms pivotally connected at their outer ends with keys and attheir inner ends fulcruined upon a transverse rod secured in the sidecasings and actuating keys, substantially as set forth.

8. In a cash register in combination actuating keys, levers supportingdepending arms connecting with and pivoted at their outer ends to theactuating keys their inner ends fulcrumed upon a transverse rod securedin the side casings, the transverse rod supporting the levers at theirinner ends,depending arms carrying cams operating in notches in thehorizontal detent plate, the horizontal detent plate mounted upon avertical plate, the vertical plate carrying the horizontal detent plateand rigidly attached to a rock shaft journaled in the side casings, therock shaft journaled in the side casings, the torsion spring attached atone end to the vertical plate its opposing end being attached to theside casing, the horizontal arms pivoted upon the transverse rod andhaving forwardly projecting catches to engage at their upper edges stopsupon the levers and to further engage at their outer ends the horizontaldetent plate, visual tablet rods having their lower ends pivoted to theinner ends of the horizontal arms and visual tablets, substantially asdescribed.

9. In a cash register in combination actuating keys, levers supportingdepending arms connecting with and pivoted at their outer ends to theactuating keys their inner ends fulcru med upon a transverse rod secured1n the side casings, the transverse rod supporting the levers at theirinner ends, depending arms carrying cams operating in notches in thehorizontal detent plate, the horizontal detent plate mounted upon thevertical plate, the vertical plate carrying the horizontal detent plateand rigidly attached to a rock shaft journaled in the side casings, therockshaft, the torsion spring attached at one end to the vertical plateits opposing end being attached to the side casing, the clapper rodattached at its outer end to the vertical plate the bell clapper and thegong, substantially as set forth.

10. In a cash register in combination actuating keys, levers supportingdepending arms connecting with and pivoted at their outer ends to theactuating keys their inner ends fulcrumed upon a transverse rod securedin the side casings, the transverse rod supporting the levers at theirinner ends, depending arms carrying cams operating in notches in thehorizontal detent plate, the horizontal detent plate mounted upon thevertical plate, the vertical plate carrying the horizontal detent plateand rigidly attached to the rock shaft, the rock shaft, the torsionspring attached at one end of the side casing its opposing end beingattached to the vertical plate, the unlatching lever attached at itsouter end to the'vertical plate, the latch lever pivoted in the sidecasings, having a latch upon its inner end and the catch upon the innerend of the change drawer to engage the latch, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

11. In a cash register in combination actu ating keys, levers connectingwith and pivoted at their outer ends to the actuating keys their innerends fulcrumed upon a transverse rod secured to the side casings, pawlspivotally attached to the levers inwardly from their fulcrum bearingsspiral springs having one end attached to the pawls and the opposing endattached to a transverse bar secured at its ends to the side casings,the pawls, having spurs attached by set screws, and the registeringwheels arranged to be operated by engagement with the pawls,substantially as described.

12. In a cash register in combination the shield rigidlyattached to oneend of the outer hinged covering over the registering wheels operatingto close the key opening used to insert the key for setting theregistering wheels, the shaft carrying the registering wheels having atone end a spline for the reception of the setting-key, substantially asand for the purposes specified.

13. In a cash register in combination the herein described verticalplate mounted upon a rock-shaft and susceptible of being actuatedrearwardly by a torsion spring and for- Wardly by a cam attached to adepending arm ing arm connected with a key, a supporting connected withakey, the horizontal lever for vertical plate, a rock-shaft attached tothe actuatingthe display plate rod,the clapper rod Vertical plate and anactuating torsion spring and the unlatching lever, substantially asdesubstantially as described. 15 5 scribed. In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature in 1a. In a cash register in combination with presence oftwo witnesses.

actuating keys the herein described liori- 7 r zontal plate mounted upona vertical plate HENRY AUGUST BIERLEX' attached to a rock-shaft andsusceptible of WVitnesses: ro being actuated rearwardly bya torsionspring M. C. ALFORD,

and forwardlybyacam attached to adepend- F. B. SCEANE.

